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Sydney · Floods & storms

Floods & storms, 1930

1,653 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 83

Flood Menace Acute on South Coast Heavy Rain To-day Prince's Highway Under Water Traffic Block

Evening News · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 9

FLOODS are now menacing the South Coast, the position having been accentuated by heavy falls early to-day…

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Atlantic Storms and Test Wicket London

Evening News · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 2

IT was hoped that last night's rain would have a helpful effect in binding the wicket at Lord's but a new depression is approaching from the Atlantic…

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Civic Storms Ahead? Verbal Sparks at Election of Lord Mayor

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 7

Verbal sparks which flew yesterday at Sydney Town Hall, when Ald. E. S. Marks was elected Lord Mayor unopposed, indicated…

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Marooned on Isle Scientists Trapped for Week By Rain and Gales Lived in Huts

Evening News · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 11

TRAVELLING to [?] to enjoy a taste of trop[?]al life among the islands of the Cap[?]corn Group a party of ten men and right women, who had been…

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Loop Landing and How "The Referee" Beat the Storm Last Minute Test News by Special Plane Delivery Over Three Tons By Air

Referee · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 30

Not the least effective phase of the splendid "Referee" coverage of the last Test match was the air delivery of the papers. This not only made possible the dissemination of the last-minute news, but it gave many a country reader in N.S. Wales his…

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Northern Flood Area Becoming Normal NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 9

The flood portion In the Maitland area is rapidly becoming normal. The Hunter River is still up l5ft. and low-lying areas are draining very slowly…

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£10,000 for Victims of Floods

Evening News · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 9

AS ten or fifteen councils in flooded areas are to be assisted by the State Government to help those affected by the floods. It is expected that the cost to the…

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Mine Flood Drama Brothers Who Dared Greatly But Lost Their All Glen Greta Pit

Evening News · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 11

BEHIND the destruction of Glen Greta Coll[?]ery by flood waters, like the story of a coal-mining expert, who refused to believe that the days of coal…

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Damage by Flood

Construction and Local Government Journal · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 6

A verdict was obtained in the Jury Court last week by the owner and occupier of a dwelling and grounds adjoining Florida Road, Palm Beach, against the Warringah Council…

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Flood Relief. Government Assistance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 14

The State Government has decided to render financial assistance to those whose properties were damaged in the recent floods. The Minister for Local Government (Mr. Bruxner)…

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Flood Damage. Position "At Maitland. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 14

The cleaning of heavy deposits of mud from homes continues, and large quantities of damaged linoleums are being consigned to the rubbish tip. In many instances the losses are…

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Cloudburst Port Kembla Flooded Much Damage Port Kembla

The Sun · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 13

Following heavy rain last night there was a cloudburst this morning, and 168 points were registered in three-quarters of an hour…

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Raising Funds for Flood Victims Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 8

At a large gathering convened by the Mayor of Newcastle to-night, it was decided to ask Australian citizens to assist in raising funds on behalf of the sufferers…

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Prevention of Floods

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 8

The last meeting of the council of the New South Wales Chamber of Agriculture resolved: "That this council deplores the frequent flooding…

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Govt. Aid for Flood Victims Cabinet Will Act Ministerial Inspection

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 1

THE State Cabinet yesterday decided to send the Minister for Agriculture. Mr. Thorby, and the Treasurer, Mr. Stevens to the flooded areas in…

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Wallsend and Sandgate Flood Claims Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 5

With the intention of seeking a grant for assistance to people of Wallsend and Sandgate, who had suffered losses through the floods, Mr…

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Ministers to Visit Flood Areas Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 5

WITH a view to seeing what assistance the Government can render in the flooded areas, the State Treasurer. Mr. Stevens, and the Minister…

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Keep Away Glen Ayr Mine Danger Due to Floods Many Fissures Opening Maitland

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 5

SIGHTSEERS are warned against approaching too closely to the flooded Glen Ayr colliery. Great fissures are opening up in…

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Losses From Floods on the Manning

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 15

The losses from the recent floods will hit farmers along the Manning particularly hard, said the chief agricultural instructor, Mr. H. C. Stening,…

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Flood Warnings for Graziers Duty of Postmasters

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 25 June 1930 · page 15

The Graziers' Association recently asked the P.M.G. to include in the northern weather reports the rises in the rivers,…

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